The
Sahrawi political prisoner 'Hassan Abdallah', 36 days of
heroic open hunger strike, and the colonial authorities continue
ignoring his demands.

On the 1st of
May, the Sahrawi political prisoner 'Hassan Abdallah' enters the 36th
day of his open hunger strike that started on the 27th of March 2006
in the local prison of Ait Melloul (Morocco).

The prisoner
was recently transferred to the public hospital of Inzeggane
(Morocco) in a very critical state after losing consciousness and his
ability to move. Ordered by the Moroccan secret services, the
hospital administration is putting him under a lot of pressure to
discontinue his strike. The prisoner rejects their attempts assuring
that this is dependent on the realization of all his demands starting
with his unconditional release.

The Sahrawi
political prisoner 'Hassan Abdallah' began his heroic open hunger
strike to claim his right to get the treatment of a 'prisoner of
opinion' secured by international charters and conventions. He also
demands the Moroccan state to open an investigation concerning the
circumstances of the torture he was subjected to several times either
by the employees of the local prison of Ait Melloul or the Moroccan
secret services agents while being interrogated.

Here is a
technical sheet about the Sahrawi political prisoner currently
hospitalized in the public hospital of Inzeggane (Morocco) in a very
deteriorated condition.

Was the
prisoner tortured and ill-treated? If so, how did you know?: He
was humiliated and ill-treated by the police officer in Occupied
Laayoune (defamation, insult, spit on the face, and degrading
speech).

In
Glaymime, by the called Lwahdani and others: beating and kicking,
spit on the face and insult while handcuffed to the back and
eye-banded.

Conditions
endured by the prisoner's family: (suffering a certain
maltreatment) Surveillance of the family house by the secret agents,
and asking the father after his son following his transfer to Agadir
(the family was not aware of the abduction of her son).

Sources of
information about the prisoner: from his family, and him
personally.

Other
remarks and additional information about the prisoner: the
prisoner spent three days without food or water in police stations in
Laayoune + Abdessabour Lmaouni tried to convince him to give in by
offering him a 3000 Moroccan Dirhams as a salary, and a place to live
in.